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Existing concrete structures life management, testing and structural health mon...
Keßler, S.; Limongelli, M. P.; Apostolidi, E.; Andrade, C.; Bartolac, M.; Braml, T.; Cigada, A.; Duprat, F.; Gentile, C.; Kainz, C.; Küttenbaum, S.[Excerpt] The through-life management of our constantly ageing infrastructure is a basic requirement in order to ensure their structural safety and serviceability. Each structure experiences deterioration processes with time leading to a decrease of structural safety and serviceability. The design of new structures considers the expected deterioration for a defined period, the design service life. However, a fr...
Lifecycle management, monitoring and assessment for safe large-scale infrastruc...
Limongelli, M. P.; Previtali, M.; Cantini, L.; Carosio, S.; Matos, José C.; Isoird, J. M.; Wenzel, H.; Pellegrino, C.Many European infrastructures dating back to '50 and '60 of the last century like bridges and viaducts are approaching the end of their design lifetime. In most European countries costs related to maintenance of infrastructures reach a quite high percentage of the construction budget and additional costs in terms of traffic delay are due to downtime related to the inspection and maintenance interventions. In th...